Charlie Blackmon steamed around the bases Sunday like a runaway freight train. His effort should have been unnecessary. The Rockies’ all-star center fielder hit a home run, over the yellow line at New York’s Citi Field. But it bounced back onto the field and fooled nearly every one in the ballpark, including the umpires.
So Blackmon chugged and lugged from first base to second, as the ball bounced back toward the infield, and from second to third as the Mets’ outfielders chased the ball like a dog-track rabbit, then all the way home. It was a stand-up, inside-the-park homer that never should have been.